Pipeline for Development and Commercialization of Biological Nitrification Inhibitors to mitigate GHG Emissions from Cultivated Soils
The aim of this group is to create a pipeline from identification to commercial deployment of biological nitrification inhibitors (BNIs) to curb the microbial conversion of fertilizer nitrogen into greenhouse gases and other toxic intermediates.
Duration: 01.11.2022 - 31.07.2025
Funding agency: Grantham Foundation
Project leader: Christa Schleper, Wolfram Weckwerth
Participants: Andrea Malits, Arindam Ghatak, Johannes Herpell, Andrea Tramontano
Pipeline for Development and Commercialization of Biological Nitrification Inhibitors to mitigate GHG Emissions from Cultivated Soils
Pearl millet, wheat and sorghum plants grown in the greenhouse of the University to evaluate their potential for production of biological nitrification inhibitors
The Holobiont and its unresolved plant-soil-Microbiome interactions and processes.
Ghatak, A., Chaturvedi, P., Waldherr, S., Subbarao, G. V. & Weckwerth, W. PANOMICS at the interface of root-soil microbiome and BNI. Trends Plant Sci 28, 106-122, doi:10.1016/j.tplants.2022.08.016 (2023).